Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Fabian

#537 most common boys' name of all time · #1,184 across all names · 99% male / 1% female · used 1882–2025

Rank among boys
#537
Rank overall
#1,184 of 105,966
First appeared
1882
Years on the list
123 of 146
All-time
44,577
Since 2016
7,391
Peak year
2007 #253
Best rank
#253 2007
Girls Boys peak 1,403/yr
1900192019401960198020002020

Fabian first appears in 1882. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 655 655 #468
2024 714 714 #441
2023 658 658 #465
2022 673 673 #457
2021 684 684 #448
2020 708 708 #422
2019 796 796 #393
2018 810 810 #391
2017 825 825 #388
2016 868 868 #377
2015 943 943 #356
2014 1,053 1,053 #325
2013 1,096 1,096 #313
2012 1,162 1,162 #298
2011 1,198 1,198 #291
2010 1,042 1,042 #305
2009 1,174 1,174 #283
2008 6 1,178 1,184 #289
2007 7 1,396 1,403 #253
2006 5 1,276 1,281 #271
2005 1,232 1,232 #270
2004 6 1,224 1,230 #267
2003 5 1,147 1,152 #272
2002 1,150 1,150 #271
2001 5 1,111 1,116 #275
2000 1,081 1,081 #284
1999 6 999 1,005 #289
1998 5 871 876 #317
1997 6 859 865 #310
1996 6 799 805 #329
1995 10 719 729 #339
1994 17 773 790 #326
1993 11 828 839 #320
1992 13 709 722 #339
1991 9 756 765 #332
1990 6 767 773 #325
1989 7 594 601 #377
1988 11 542 553 #373
1987 9 496 505 #387
1986 12 481 493 #382
1985 9 459 468 #392
1984 14 380 394 #426
1983 11 362 373 #431
1982 8 364 372 #443
1981 10 402 412 #412
1980 6 360 366 #433
1979 365 365 #418
1978 333 333 #437
1977 7 321 328 #447
1976 5 261 266 #494
1975 6 246 252 #512
1974 233 233 #518
1973 220 220 #530
1972 6 213 219 #544
1971 5 227 232 #533
1970 217 217 #553
1969 191 191 #568
1968 182 182 #562
1967 172 172 #578
1966 177 177 #571
1965 6 163 169 #595
1964 141 141 #653
1963 133 133 #679
1962 121 121 #699
1961 158 158 #628
1960 186 186 #573
1959 12 161 173 #610
1958 40 40 #1,228
1957 8 48 56 #1,104
1956 36 36 #1,292
1955 47 47 #1,096
1954 38 38 #1,221
1953 13 30 43 #1,386
1952 12 37 49 #1,215
1951 9 34 43 #1,266
1950 18 32 50 #1,277
1949 32 32 #1,281
1948 28 28 #1,385
1947 14 14 #2,096
1946 29 29 #1,308
1945 20 20 #1,512
1944 22 22 #1,449
1943 26 26 #1,382
1942 29 29 #1,304
1941 24 24 #1,387
1940 23 23 #1,411
1939 21 21 #1,470
1938 23 23 #1,409
1937 21 21 #1,500
1936 30 30 #1,212
1935 24 24 #1,400
1934 26 26 #1,333
1933 28 28 #1,262
1932 33 33 #1,185
1931 27 27 #1,348
1930 20 20 #1,658
1929 29 29 #1,323
1928 38 38 #1,158
1927 38 38 #1,169
1926 31 31 #1,311
1925 34 34 #1,232
1924 40 40 #1,139
1923 41 41 #1,121
1922 38 38 #1,170
1921 35 35 #1,243
1920 29 29 #1,360
1919 29 29 #1,335
1918 32 32 #1,244
1917 33 33 #1,189
1916 25 25 #1,392
1915 28 28 #1,251
1914 23 23 #1,242
1913 16 16 #1,338
1912 12 12 #1,457
1911 8 8 #1,321
1910 7 7 #1,358
1909 7 7 #1,209
1908 6 6 #1,279
1905 6 6 #1,172
1904 9 9 #857
1903 5 5 #1,221
1900 9 9 #945
1882 5 5 #1,048